Suma Et al., Biology Letters (2020) 20200391 By Lakshmi SupriyaOct. 13, 2020, 7:01 p.m. Trigrides, small aquatic animals known as water bears, can survive extreme heat, radiation, and outer space vacuum – conditions that will kill most animals. Now, scientists have discovered a new species of Tardigrad that can fatally …
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It has been argued by a group of White House scientists that authorities should allow the spread of coronavirus in young healthy people while protecting the elderly and vulnerable – an approach that relies rather than reaching “animal immunity” through infection. The vaccine. Many experts say that the “mob immunity” …
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The inauguration took place at 1:45 a.m. Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. The trio’s Soyuz capsule is expected to dock at 4:52 a.m. and from the space station, and the hatch between the space station and the capsule will open at 6:45 a.m. so they can enter …
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